Meaning

1 senses

  1. To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.

    redigieren, gegenlesen

    edit and correct (written or printed material)

Examples

2 sentences

  1. He was in charge of copyediting the paper.

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  2. It's a good article, but it could use some copyediting.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
prepare material for publishing:

Origin

Back-formation from copy editor.

Back-formation from copy editor.

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Forms

copyedits, copyediting, copyedited, copyedited
Base formcopyedit · to copyedit
3rd person singularcopyedits
Present participlecopyediting
Past simplecopyedited
Past participlecopyedited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycopyedit
he, she, itcopyedits

Past simpleLesson

all personscopyedited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave copyedited
he, she, ithas copyedited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill copyedit

Synonyms

2 synonyms
subedit
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedline editproofread
Deriveduncopyedited

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
copyA1copycatcopyrightB1copywritercoralB2
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